Since the departure of Kylian Mbappé from Paris Saint-Germain, a year after those of Neymar and Lionel Messi, the capital club no longer has a global star in its squad. During this off-season, the leaders of the Red and Blue have recruited much less high-profile names.
So far, only Russian goalkeeper Matvey Safonov and Portuguese midfielder Joao Neves have been signed. The signing of Ecuadorian defender Willian Pacho, who passed his medical on Thursday, should be made official in the coming hours.
Nico Williams refused a golden bridge from PSG
“The strategy of stopping bling-bling seems to be confirmed, notes Daniel Riolo on the airwaves of RMC, in L’After Foot. Despite everything, I had heard about a star player profile. For Nico Williams, I had put forward a figure of 70%. PSG was quite confident in this case. But no, he should stay in Bilbao. The Parisian leaders had nevertheless offered the Spanish international to double his emoluments, currently estimated at five million euros per year in the Basque Country.
As early as June 2022, Nasser al-Khelaïfi had announced his intentions. The president of the reigning French champion had stated in the columns of Parisian that the time of
“glitter”of “flashy”
and of “bling-bling” was now over.
